Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 7/6/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (-145) Baltimore (+125)

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is the site where the Baltimore Orioles (37-44) will try to beat the Texas Rangers (37-41) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has Texas at -145 while Baltimore is sitting at +125. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Glenn Otto and Spenser Watkins.

As a unit, the Texas Rangers are notching 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 16th in the league. They have notched a total of 342 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .298. The Rangers have recorded 98 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 102 balls out of the park. They have recorded 322 RBI's and 631 hits over the course of the season, while their team batting average is .238. Texas owns a slugging percentage of .396 and have been called out on strikes 674 times, while being walked on 215 occasions.

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The Rangers have compiled a team ERA of 3.90 this year (15th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 635 hitters. They have walked 266 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.97 as a team this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.39 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.29. Rangers pitchers have given up 74 home runs and also 330 runs in total (12th in the league).

Rangers pitchers have come into the game with players on base 61 times and also have had 88 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 41 holds on the campaign (19th in baseball). The Rangers relievers have earned a save rate of 56.7% and has entered the game in 71 save situations. They have accumulated 17 saves over the course of the season and have blown 13 of their 30 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 90 runners on the year with 30.0% of those runners crossed the plate. The Rangers have dispatched 263 relief pitchers to the mound this year.

The Rangers have converted 69.9% of balls in play into outs out of their 6,153 innings, which has them ranked 14th in baseball. The Texas Rangers have 2,051 putouts so far this season, as well as 727 assists and 47 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which has them sitting 22nd in pro baseball, and have earned 68 double plays.

Otto has taken the mound for 69 innings and has accounted for 63 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. Otto (4-7 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 4.71 and he has faced 316 batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 6.85 (53 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.593. He has conceded 74 hits (9.6 hits per nine innings) and has had 37 free passes.

Baltimore has recorded 84 HRs this season to go along with 312 RBIs. They have hit 147 doubles, while getting a free base 222 times as well as putting up 329 runs. The Baltimore Orioles have recorded an on-base percentage of .297 and a batting average of .229 so far this year. The Orioles hold a slugging % of .383 and they have an average of 4.06 runs per contest (23rd in baseball). They have struck out on 730 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have a total of 627 base hits.

The Baltimore pitching staff have surrendered 354 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 4.01 (318 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 85 homers and they relinquish 4.47 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball). The Orioles have a team WHIP of 1.307 and have a FIP of 4.14 as a squad on the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.52 (583 strikeouts vs 231 walks). They are sitting at 27th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 701.

Baltimore has had relievers enter the contest in 27 save opportunities and they have come away with 20 saves. They are ranked 5th in the league with a save rate of 74.1%, and they have sent 277 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the season. Their relief pitchers have come in 103 times in high leverage situations and also on 107 occasions with runners on base. Baltimore relievers have an inherited score rate of 28.4% out of 155 inherited base runners. Sitting with 72 save situations, the Orioles have 43 holds in addition to 7 blown saves.

In their 6,333 innings played, the Orioles have a defensive efficiency of 69.0% (21st in professional baseball). The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 72 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (25th in baseball). The Orioles have 755 assists, 54 errors and have accumulated 2,111 putouts over the course of the season.

Watkins (3-8 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 6.59 earned run average while allowing 11.1 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.61 and he has faced 437 hitters in his career. He has surrendered 70 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.610 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.8. In his pro baseball career, Watkins has given up 118 hits and he has 58 punch outs in 95 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (-145)

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